Group (EPRG), under the Towards a Sustainable Energy Economy (TSEC) programme Work Package 3 (WP3 in the UK energy market. Lessons from international experience (e.g. Italy, Sweden and California) suggest prominent recommendations for the energy market is the adoption of smart metering technology, which

180 seventeenth-century news turns out to be more complex and multifaceted than we might have wished? (133). Nevertheless, Dutton brings as much of the available evidence for his case together as is presently possible to assemble, and he makes.... Shakespeare, Politics, and Italy: Intertextuality on the Jacobean Stage. Farnham, Surrey, UK and Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate, 2009. x + 242pp. $99.95. Review by hugh f. wilson, grambling state university. In ?Of Studies,? Lord Bacon remarks that some...

a researcher with SAP Labs France, working on EU-funded projects related to security, privacy and compliance systems at University of Trento, Italy in 2009. He visited the Open University, UK in 2007. His research interests lie in the area of requirement engineering, agent systems, security-dependability risk management

as completely new materials such as super-strong graphene, or developments of traditional materials such as graphene is still being realised, with the Research Councils investing in both the further exploitation to UK growth. For example, the 2004 `discovery' of wonder-material graphene sparked a host of global

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This report documents trends in R and D and in particular (public) energy R and D in the Netherlands. Besides quantitative information on R and D and energy R and D, the report gives an impression of changes in science and technology policy, energy policy and changes in energy research priorities (both organizational and financial). In the Netherlands, 2.09% of GDP (or $6.7 billion) was invested in R and D activities in 1995. The private sector financed 46% of all R and D in that year. A small but significant fraction (9.3%) of the research performed in the Netherlands is financed by foreign public and private sector entities. Energy R and D has been identified by the national Strategic Foresight Activity as an important area of R and D for government support in the future. This is due in part to the overall decline in public support for energy R and D that occurred from 1985 to 1995. However, recent concern over climate change and energy policy has resulted in increased budgets for energy R and D. Recent policy documents (e.g., the Memorandum on Energy R and D in April 1998) and initiatives (e.g., a recent university energy R and D program; intensification of climate policy, partly in R and D) indicate the growing interest in addressing the issue of climate change partly through energy R and D. The Dutch government believes that the liberalization of the energy market in the Netherlands justifies an active role for the government to guarantee the longer-term transformation to a sustainable energy system. In terms of climate policy, the expanded and more efficient use of natural gas is seen as a suitable transition option towards a sustainable energy system. However, energy efficiency (and in particular energy efficiency in the industrial sector) and the introduction of renewable technologies (solar energy, wind energy and biomass) are generally favored for the long term. Recently, additional funding was allocated for research on industrial ''breakthrough'' technologies, photovoltaic energy, and biomass research. Best available data suggest that the private sector's energy R and D investments are on par with and quite close to the level of the government's energy R and D budgets. Renewable energy R and D, nuclear fission and fusion are predominantly financed by the public sector. However, energy efficiency receives the largest share of the total governmental energy RD and D budget (about 40%). The majority of the private sector's energy R and D investments are devoted to energy efficiency. Private sector investments also exceed those of the government in the area of power storage technologies.

The complex West Netherlands Basin contains oil and gas in Triassic and Upper Jurassic to Cretaceous clastic reservoir sequences. The understanding has always been that the Carboniferous coal measures have generated only gas and the Jurassic marine Posidonia Shale only oil. However, detailed geochemical analyses show that both source rocks have generated oil and gas. Geochemical fingerprinting established a correlation of the hydrocarbons with the main source rocks. The occurrence of these different hydrocarbons is consistent with migration routes. Map-based charge modeling shows that the main phase of hydrocarbon generation occurred prior to the Late Cretaceous inversion of the West Netherlands Basin. However, along the southwest flank of the basin and in lows between the inversion highs, significant charge continued during the Tertiary. Biodegradation of oils in Jurassic and Cretaceous reservoirs occurred during the earliest Tertiary, but only in reservoirs that were at that time at temperatures of less then 70 to 80[degrees]C, where bacteria could survive. This study shows that also in a mature hydrocarbon province an integrated hydrocarbon habitat study with modern analyses and state-of-the-art technology can lead to a much improved understanding of the distribution of oil and gas in the subsurface. The results of this study will allow a better risk assessment for remaining prospects, and an improved prediction of the type of trapped hydrocarbons in terms of gas, oil, and biodegraded oil.

Clay Minerals and Italy ­ the Nannobacterial Connection R. L. FOLK THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN This work is dedicated to F. Leo Lynch, a brilliant clay mineralogist who died in 2009. During Leo of nannobacterial precipitation of clay minerals were identified. (Lynch, 1994; Folk, Lynch & Rasbury, 1994). Leo

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-Calle (2008) and Junginger et al. (2008). 10 Section 2: Potential for Renewable energy in the UK A defining feature of the UK is the considerable potential it has for renewable energy relative to its demand. The UK has some of the best wind, tidal... supplied in 2008 was 380 TWh17. Table 1: Estimates of the potentials for different renewable technologies in UK Technology Category Technology Detail Annual Potential Wind power Onshore 50 TWh Offshore 100 TWh Bioenergy Biomass 41 TWh...

Arising jointly from the National and European Union requirements for more intensive attention to be paid to the environment, the United Kingdom (UK) has taken many strides forward in protecting the environment from pollution and preventing harm to human health arising from the handling, transport and disposal of wastes. Major adjustments are taking place in Europe following the opening up of the Eastern European countries. The consequences of the illegal movement of wastes and its mistreatment and disposal are now recognised within the European Union. The UK as a member State is well aware of the consequences which arise from the lack of proper waste management. This paper discusses waste management and legislation pertaining to waste management in the United Kingdom.

UK-1, developed and introduced into oil industry corrosion-indicating equipment, has been developed on the basis of the principle of measurements of polarization resistance. It is designed for determining the corrosion activity of effluents of oil fields. The technical data and design of the equipment is discussed. The investigations were carried out on 08kp steel in simulation effluents of oil fields in the presence of corrosion inhibitors used in the oil industry at various temperatures (25-50 C) and liquid flow rate.

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1 European Taxation, vol. 41, no.2., February 2001, Article NETHERLANDS: The Final Tax Reform of considerable reform efforts. Many OECD countries have implemented tax reforms characterized by base broadening-to-GDP ratios. For example, the German government carried out a major tax reform in 2000; the package implies

Ecofuel (Milan), an ENI company, is evaluating construction of a new methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) plant in Italy, but has shelved plans for a world-scale MTBE unit in Mexico. The Italian unit is tied to ethylene expansion now under way. Later this year EniChem (Milan), a sister company, is due to complete construction of a 360,000-m.t./year cracker at Brindisi. The C{sub 4} stream available there and from the existing cracker at Priolo in Sicily should provide enough feed for a unit of up to 100,000 m.t./year of MTBE capacity. Some of the feedstock could also come from the Ravenna cracker.

.mmu.ac.uk/careers Identifying courses · www.prospects.ac.uk/search_courses.htm · www.jobs.ac.uk · www.Findamasters.com · www.mmu.ac.uk/careers PG Professional/Vocational courses: Courses to allow you to enter certain professions Courses involve lectures for the first two terms then a research project for the final term (often finishing after

Biomass produced from perennial energy crops, Miscanthus and willow or poplar grown as short-rotation coppice, is expected to contribute to UK renewable energy targets and reduce the carbon intensity of energy production. ...

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This thesis considers some of the ways in which images of justice were used to express and in some cases promote certain aims and aspirations of those who commissioned them, in northern Italy between c.1250-1400, and ...

This study evaluates and contrasts the management practice and the performance that characterise Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) in Italy and in the UK. The methodology relies on the investigation of six carefully selected case studies, critically reviewed by referring to EIA and project design information, as well as collecting the opinion of key project participants. The study focuses on the construction industry and on specific key sectors like infrastructure for transport and renewable energy and commercial and tourism development. A main term of reference for the analyses has been established by critically reviewing international literature so as to outline common good practice, requirements for the enhancement of sustainability principles and typically incurred drawbacks. The proposed approach enhances transfer of knowledge and of experiences between the analyzed contexts and allows the provision of guidelines for practitioners. Distinctive differences between the UK and the Italian EIA systems have been detected for pivotal phases and elements of EIA, like screening, scoping, analysis of alternatives and of potential impacts, definition of mitigation strategies, review, decision making, public participation and follow up. - Highlights: Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer The Italian and the UK Environmental Impact Assessment systems are compared. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer The research is centred on the construction industry. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer Issues and shortcomings are analysed by investigating six case studies. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer Integration of EIA with sustainability principles is appraised. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer General guidelines are provided to assist practitioners in the two national contexts.

NETHERLANDS AND GERMANY: DAIRY GOAT PRODUCTS June 15 - June 18, 2009 Written by Clara Hedrich-890-3014 babcock@cals.wisc.edu http://babcock.cals.wisc.edu ISBN 978-1-59251-121-3 #12;Netherlands and Germany cheese produced in the region of Germany where the Hedrich family originated and possibly use it in our

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This paper will report on existing data support infrastructures within the UK tertiary education community. The paper will then discuss early methods and traditions of data collection within UK territories. In addition it ...

437 UK CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE, WHERE IS IT ? Stuart Haszeldine Professor of Carbon Capture.haszeldine@ed.ac.uk SUMMARY Carbon capture and storage, to capture CO2 from power plants and big industry, remains much

Greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere play an important role in regulating surface temperatures. The UK is signatory to international agreements that legally commit the UK to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, and ...

own wood to supply your own heat needs; add value to your lower grade wood by selling woodfuel locally technologies include biomass (woodfuel) boilers. This ensures that the use of renewable heat is more production of woodfuel and other timber products. Work needs to meet the UK Forest Standard. The basis

, Duncan Hand at the James Watt Institute for High Value Manufacturing led a team to apply laser-based manufacturing processes to the production of dental products. The project led to the development of a laserDistinctly Ambitious www.hw.ac.uk Laser Machining #12;Cutting-edge engineering technology for laser

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microwave heating and cure technology can be implemented successfully into electronic component manufacture exploitation in the UK. Over twenty companies have shown an interest in the technology including: BAE Systems microwave heating and curing of Micro electro Mechanical devices (MEMS). The design of this device permits

www.electricitypolicy.org.uk EPRGWORKINGPAPER Abstract Nuclear Power and Deregulated Electricity of running a nuclear generator in a deregulated electricity market. This paper explains the causes of the company's financial difficulties and argues that they do not amount to evidence that nuclear power cannot

;Environmental Key Performance Indicators Reporting Guidelines for UK Business #12;Department for Environment with the Crown. This publication (excluding the logo) may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium they operate in, and their impact on the environment, are most likely to prosper in the long-term. At the same

. Gurney Environmental Systems Science Centre (ESSC), University of Reading, UK. Abstract- The accurate to help incorporate environmental data into their information systems. Keywords: storm tracks, ensemble vast amounts of damage and loss of life around the globe (see below). It is therefore vital

THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY IN THE UK Birmingham Policy Commission The Report July 2012 #12;2 The Future of Nuclear Energy in the UK Foreword by the Chair of the Commission It was a great honour to have security. Historically nuclear energy has had a significant role in the UK and could continue to do so

Body Organisation responsible for decommissioning one the UK legacy nuclear installationswww.eprg.group.cam.ac.uk EPRGWORKINGPAPERNON-TECHNICALSUMMARY Third Party Nuclear Liability 1207 Anthony Thomas and Raphael J. Heffron With a return to nuclear new build expected in the UK

UK Clinical Trials Gateway Public and Patient Survey 2012 January 2013 #12;This is a report and recommendations of the UK Clinical Trials Gateway (UKCTG) Public and Patient Feedback Survey 2012 The report-to-date information about clinical trials, which are currently running or have run in the UK. The survey was hosted

Plutonium recycling in the form of Mixed Oxide (MOX) fuels is already a reality in over 30 reactors in Europe (in Belgium, Switzerland, Germany and France). Japan also plans to use MOX in approximately 30% of its reactors in the near future[1]. This paper describes potential near to mid-term disposition strategies for the United Kingdom's stockpile of plutonium. In order to be confident that MOX fuel can be utilised effectively in Pressurised Water Reactors (PWRs) in the UK, details are given of studies carried out recently at Nexia Solutions on PWR cores loaded with MOX containing typical UK plutonium isotopic compositions. Three dimensional steady state neutronic models of a standard Westinghouse four loop PWR design are constructed using state of the art tools (Studsvik of America's Core Management System[2, 3, 4]). Initially, a standard 18-month equilibrium UO{sub 2} fuel cycle is generated, followed by safety analyses and fuel performance calculations to demonstrate its feasibility. This equilibrium UO{sub 2} core is then gradually transitioned through loading patterns containing increasing MOX core loading fractions. Finally, an equilibrium MOX core loading pattern is determined. Technical safety analyses are also carried out on the transition cores and the final equilibrium scenario to ensure that all of the MOX cores are robust from a technical and safety viewpoint. Once these studies are completed the annual fuel throughputs for each scenario can be determined and used to produce options for managing the UK's plutonium stockpile. This work is part of a wider exercise currently being carried out by Nexia Solutions to explore the options for the safe disposition of the UK civil stockpile of separated PUO{sub 2}. (authors)

in the Netherlands. 95 A Dynamic Model Based Robot Arm Selection Criterion PRASADKUMAR P. BHANGALE, S.K. SAHA and V to evaluate a robot arm. The proposed criterion is illustrated with two -link robot arms with revolute

of Advisory Committee: John M. Logan Field observations and sampling are combined with petrofabric and fracture analyses to characterize the structure and deformation mechanisms related to a segment of the Tonale Line fault zone in northern Italy. Mylonite... microstructures and fabrics are developed superimposed by cataclasites and fault gouge; the latter being character istic of deformation at shallow depths. The ductile deformation associated with faulting along the Tonale Line occurred under greenschist...

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Renewables and CHP Deployment in the UK to 2020 Jim Watson January 2002 Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Working Paper 21 #12;Renewables and CHP Deployment in the UK to 2020 Jim Watson Energy....................................................................................................6 3. The Deployment of Renewables and CHP to 2020

major switch of large scale energy generation is required to reduce these emissions; from the burning of fossil fuels to generation by renewable sources. Onshore wind energy is one of the most viable of the UK’s renewable energy sources, but its uptake...

parties in the nuclear supply chain whether they are providing decommissioning services, project, or the Parent Body Organisation responsible for decommissioning one the UK legacy nuclear installationswww.eprg.group.cam.ac.uk EPRGWORKINGPAPER Abstract Third Party Nuclear Liability: The Case

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innovative biomedical research, in the UK and internationally, spending over £600 million each year, funders and Research Organisations (RO's) to work together to develop one set of standards that appliesConsultation response: UK Research Integrity Office: Code of Practice for Research Consultation

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Development and carbon sequestration: forestry projects in Latin America PhD project highlight: Carbon Section Two: Main findings from the Decarbonising the UK projects The supply of renewable and clean energy Integrating renewables and CHP into the UK electricity system Security of decarbonised electricity systems

Time Scale. University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. Lipzig, N.P.M. van, 6 October 1999. The surfaceD-Thesis, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. Veefkind, J.P., 11 October 1999. Aerosol Satellite Remote Sensing. PhD-Thesis, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. Bosveld, F.C., 3 November 1999. Exchange processes between a Douglas

This paper provides a brief background to the current position in the United Kingdom (UK) and provides an update on the various developments and initiatives within the field of radioactive waste management that have been taking place during 2002/03. These include: The UK Government's Department of Trade and Industry (DTi) review of UK energy policy; The UK Government's (Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and Devolved Administrations*) consultation program; The UK Government's DTi White Paper, 'Managing the Nuclear Legacy: A Strategy for Action'; Proposals for improved regulation of Intermediate Level Waste (ILW) conditioning and packaging. These various initiatives relate, in Nirex's opinion, to the three sectors of the industry and this paper will provide a comment on these initiatives in light of the lessons that Nirex has learnt from past events and suggest some conclusions for the future.

#12;1 National Roadmap Committee for Large-Scale Research Facilities the netherlands' roadmap for large-scale research facilities #12;2 National Roadmap Committee for Large-Scale Research Facilities1 by Roselinde Supheert) #12;3 National Roadmap Committee for Large-Scale Research Facilities The Netherlands

Burying democracy along with UK nuclear waste Stuart Haszeldine 3 May 2012 s up to accept. The UK was first to deploy civil nuclear power in 1956, but waste disposal has experienced serial inertia amongst technocrats and politicians, so that problem of nuclear waste accumulating

bristol.ac.uk/cabot Implications for the UK nuclear industry of the events at the Fukushima Dai of the events at the Fukushima Dai- ichi nuclear power station, Japan. The report draws on expertise at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), which has recently been declared a level 7 accident within

Earthquake early warning system in southern Italy: Methodologies and performance evaluation A the effect of extended faulting processes and heterogeneous wave propagation on the early warning system. Citation: Zollo, A., et al. (2009), Earthquake early warning system in southern Italy: Methodologies

Supporting Broadband Growth in an Interregional Level: The Case of Greece-Italy Partnership of Patras, Greece *** Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Abstract in an Interregional Level between regions of Italy and Greece. Main target of the project is the technology

----------------------------- THE ROLE: (IF THE UK ENERGY EFFICIENCY OFF] CE Dr Elliot G Finer Director for Incustry and Commerce Lcr:don, England TH~_~~~~_~QB ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THE UK ~asl year the United Kingdom spent sorr.e ?37bn... on energy. Analysis of energy use, through extensive studIes such as the Energy Efficiency Office's "Energy Use and Energy Efficiency in UK Manufacturing Industry up tu the Year 2000" has revealed that 20% of energy, or ?7bn worth, IS wasted in all...

in The Netherlands. Pricing Multicast Communication: A Cost-Based Approach JOHN C.-I. CHUANG chuang it reflects the actual tree cost at all group membership levels. Keywords: multicast pricing, multicast). This paper advocates a cost-based approach to multicast pricing. When prices are set to reflect actual

, we refer to this type of changing of prices over time as dynamic pricing. Cost is perhaps in traditional markets, it is expensive to contin- uously re-price goods. But in digital markets, the costs in the Netherlands. Learning Curve: A Simulation-Based Approach to Dynamic Pricing JOAN MORRIS DIMICCO and PATTIE

in the Netherlands. 269 Dike distribution in the Oman-United Arab Emirates ophiolite A. Nicolas, B. Ildefonse, F in the mantle section of the Oman Â­ United Arab Emirates (O-UAE) ophiolites, as well as diabase dikes of an asthenospheric body. During the course of structural mapping of the Oman - United Arab Emirates (O-UAE) ophiolite

, the Netherlands and South Africa By Gerhard van der Schyff Supervisor: prof. dr. Paul Cliteur Although fast and South Africa. These systems provide fertile ground for comparison, as they present a spectrum judicial review. Clearly, a very measured approach to bipolar constitutionalism. South Africa inhabits

Photosynthesis Research 52: 175­185, 1997. c 1997 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands. Historical corner Carotenoid-sensitized photosynthesis: Quantum efficiency, fluorescence of photosynthesis in a diatom was almost the same whether incident light was absorbed by chlorophyll

Photosynthesis Research 53: 65­72, 1997. 65 c 1997 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands. Historical corner A `misplaced chapter' in the history of photosynthesis research; the second publication (1796) on plant processes by Dr Jan Ingen-Housz, MD, discoverer of photosynthesis A bicentenniel

. Manufactured in The Netherlands. DOI: 10.1007/s10619-005-2460-y A View Based Analysis on Web Service Registries: 12 July 2005 Abstract. Web services registries are a cornerstone for the emerging service-oriented architecture and constitute a critical resource for Web services. We systematically illustrate and evaluate

in the Netherlands. 261 Morphological and genetic analysis of the Red Hills roach (Cyprinidae: Lavinia symmetricus) W of California roach (Red Hills roach; Cyprinidae: Lavinia symmetricus) to determine if the degree of separation that L. symmetricus from the Red Hills roach type locality (Horton Creek) were different for Principal

in the Netherlands. 1 Minireview Photosynthesis and the Web: 2001 Larry Orr1 & Govindjee2, 1Photosynthesis Center for Supercomputing Applications), World Wide Web Abstract First, a brief history of the Internet and the World Wide Web is presented. This is followed by relevant information on photosynthesis-related web sites grouped

in the Netherlands. 1 Minireview Photosynthesis and the Web: 2001 Larry Orr1 & Govindjee2, 1Center for the Study, NCSA (National Center for Supercomputing Applications), World Wide Web Abstract First, a brief history of the Internet and the World Wide Web is presented. This is followed by relevant information on photosynthesis

in the Netherlands. Invasion note First report of the Asian kelp Undaria pinnatifida in the northeastern Pacific in revised form 28 May 2002 Key words: California, invasions, kelp, nonindigenous, Undaria, wakame Abstract The Asian kelp Undaria pinnatifida was discovered in southern California in the spring of 2000

STATUS, EVALUATION AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AUTOMATED CLOUD OBSERVATIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS Wiel infrared radiometer. The evaluation of the automated cloud observations will address: (i) effects every 10 minutes. In 2006 and 2007 LD-40 sensors will replace the ceilometers at 7 Dutch Royal Air Force

of reservoir performance under different depletion and operating scenarios. This practical use of reservoir10th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands 4 - 7 University) SUMMARY Reservoir production forecasts are essentially uncertain due to the lack of data

. The Gravitational Potential The basic law of Newtonian gravitation states that two particles of mass m1, m2 in the Netherlands. 187 Stresses in a Half Space Due to Newtonian Gravitation J.R. BARBER Department of Mechanical z > 0 with a traction-free surface experiencing gravitational attraction to an arbitrarily shaped

in the Netherlands. Variation in pathogenicity among South African isolates of Phytophthora cinnamomi Celeste Linde1 is unknown, although isozyme studies have indicated that P. cinnamomi was introduced into South Africa (Linde forestry areas is predominantly associated with root-collar cankers (Linde et al., 1994). Commercial

in The Netherlands. A Two-Stage Planning Model for Power Scheduling in a Hydro-Thermal System Under Uncertainty model for the short- or mid-term cost-optimal electric power production planning is developed. We consider the power generation in a hydro-thermal generation system under uncertainty in demand (or load

model for the weekly cost-optimal generation of electric power in a hydro-thermal generation system,13,18,29] for earlier relevant work). The present paper aims at treating power optimization in a hydro-thermal system in The Netherlands. Stochastic Lagrangian Relaxation Applied to Power Scheduling in a Hydro-Thermal System under

DOING A PHD AT RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands Our at the front of a number of fields, offer unique opportunities to undergraduates, postgraduates and PhD.ru.nl/english/research/research-nijmegen & www.ru.nl/english/university/performance/ PhD in Nijmegen Radboud University is a research university

Research Councils UK Joint Vision For Collaborative Training Objectives: Research Council Collaborative Training will provide doctoral students with a first- rate, challenging research training organisations in the private, public and civil society sectors. Benefits to the student ­ Collaborative Training

are efficiency, sustainability and security of energy supplies (Euwww.eprg.group.cam.ac.uk EPRGWORKINGPAPER Abstract Conceptualizing Energy Security EPRG Working Paper 1123 Cambridge Working Paper in Economics 1151 Christian Winzer Energy security is one of the main

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This report summarizes the 2009 UK/US Nuclear Engineering Workshop held April 20-21, 2010, in Washington, D.C. to discuss opportunities for nuclear engineering collaboration between researchers in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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The UK has no research nuclear reactors and relies on the importation of 99Mo and other medical radioisotopes (e.g. Iodine-131) from overseas (excluding PET radioisotopes). The UK is therefore vulnerable not only to global shortages, but to problems with shipping and importation of the products. In this context Professor Erika Denton UK national Clinical Director for Diagnostics requested that the British Nuclear Medicine Society lead a working group with stakeholders including representatives from the Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) to prepare a report. The group had a first meeting on 10 April 2013 followed by a working group meeting with presentations on 9th September 2013 where the scope of the work required to produce a report was agreed. The objectives of the report are: to describe the status of the use of medical radioisotopes in the UK; to anticipate the potential impact of shortages for the UK; to assess potential alternative avenues of medical radioisotope production for the UK m...

Iulia Concordia is an important Roman settlement known for the production of iron objects and weapons during the Roman Empire. A huge number of well-preserved styli were found in the past century in the bed of an old channel. In order to shed light about the production processes used by Roman for stylus manufacturing, a neutron diffraction residual strain analysis was performed on the POLDI materials science diffractometer at the Paul Scherrer Institut in Switzerland. Here, we present results from our investigation conducted on 11 samples, allowing to define, in a non-invasive way, the residual strain map related to the ancient Roman working techniques. - Highlights: • We examined 11 Roman styli from the settlement of Iulia Concordia, Italy. • We performed a neutron diffraction residual strain analysis on POLDI at PSI (CH). • We identified the production processes used by Roman for stylus manufacturing. • We clarified the way and direction of working applied for different classes of styli.

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The purpose of this dissertation is to shed light on the study of Romanesque art in Italy with a investigation of the cathedral in Sovana, an historically significant but understudied Romanesque church located in southern ...

in health reforms, and their relevance to the Australian situation, can be identified and explored. Theodore newspapers. Dr Kieke Okma's most recent book is Six Countries, Six Reform Models? The Health Reform Crivelli (eds), 2010. Robert Wells is the Director of the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute

This Paper details the implementation of a 'Decommissioning Trial' to assess the feasibility of decommissioning the redundant pipeline operated by AWE located in Berkshire UK. The paper also presents the tool box of decommissioning techniques that were developed during the decommissioning trial. Constructed in the 1950's and operated until 2005, AWE used a pipeline for the authorised discharge of treated effluent. Now redundant, the pipeline is under a care and surveillance regime awaiting decommissioning. The pipeline is some 18.5 km in length and extends from AWE site to the River Thames. Along its route the pipeline passes along and under several major roads, railway lines and rivers as well as travelling through woodland, agricultural land and residential areas. Currently under care and surveillance AWE is considering a number of options for decommissioning the pipeline. One option is to remove the pipeline. In order to assist option evaluation and assess the feasibility of removing the pipeline a decommissioning trial was undertaken and sections of the pipeline were removed within the AWE site. The objectives of the decommissioning trial were to: - Demonstrate to stakeholders that the pipeline can be removed safely, securely and cleanly - Develop a 'tool box' of methods that could be deployed to remove the pipeline - Replicate the conditions and environments encountered along the route of the pipeline The onsite trial was also designed to replicate the physical prevailing conditions and constraints encountered along the remainder of its route i.e. working along a narrow corridor, working in close proximity to roads, working in proximity to above ground and underground services (e.g. Gas, Water, Electricity). By undertaking the decommissioning trial AWE have successfully demonstrated the pipeline can be decommissioned in a safe, secure and clean manor and have developed a tool box of decommissioning techniques. The tool box of includes; - Hot tapping - a method of breaching the pipe while maintaining containment to remove residual liquids, - Crimp and shear - remote crimping, cutting and handling of pipe using the excavator - Pipe jacking - a way of removing pipes avoiding excavations and causing minimal disturbance and disruption. The details of the decommissioning trial design, the techniques employed, their application and effectiveness are discussed and evaluated here in. (authors)

Natural gas has become the UK’s foremost primary energy source, providing some 39% of our energy needs. The National Transmission System (NTS) has developed from its humble beginnings when natural gas was first discovered ...

the structural relationship between UK and Continental European markets. (ii) The effect of UK import capacity extensions since 2005, through both pipeline and LNG regasification capacity, on this long-term relationship will be analyzed. The results suggest...

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but low variable cost capacity (coal-fired plants), and the other building low polluting but high variable in electricity generation market who are planning to expand generation capacity. They are anticipating regulation.eprg.group.cam.ac.uk EPRGWORKINGPAPERNON-TECHNICALSUMMARY We consider investments by two types of investors, one building highly polluting

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. Although large-scale natural gas models have been developed and used for energy security and policywww.eprg.group.cam.ac.uk EPRGWORKINGPAPERNON-TECHNICALSUMMARY Strategic Eurasian Natural Gas Model-scale equilibrium natural gas simulation model that covers gas markets of the EU and the Former Soviet Union

in concern about the security of natural gas supply to Europe, particularly supplies from Russia. A numberwww.eprg.group.cam.ac.uk EPRGWORKINGPAPERNON-TECHNICALSUMMARY Gas Supply Security in the Baltic, determining its level of security is a virtually impossible. The specific gas supply set up, the structure

in place designed to mitigate the effects of a disruption. Keywords Natural Gas, security of supply, Baltic not entirely, by the rise in concern about the security of natural gas supply to Europe, particularly supplieswww.eprg.group.cam.ac.uk EPRGWORKINGPAPER Abstract Gas Supply Security in the Baltic States

as uncertainties are resolved reduces significantly its expected Levelised Cost Of generating Electricity (LCOE deterministic economic model to identify its LCOE without considering uncertainty. In the second step #12;www.eprg.group.cam.ac.uk EPRGWORKINGPAPERNON-TECHNICALSUMMARY we identified sources of uncertainty in the design that would affect its LCOE

Medical Research Council INTERNATIONAL PERCEPTIONS OF THE UK CHEMISTRY RESEARCH BASE Chemistry advances in many areas. Chemistry research underpins a wide range of activities that benefit society also thank our colleagues from the Medical Research Council (MRC), the Biotechnology and Biological

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and Nuclear Power Generation EPRG Working Paper EPRG 0912 John Ash A projected shortfall in bulk electrical, have driven the UK government to reconsider nuclear generation. Although this is superficially with the nuclear power decision, this research examines the role of risk perception in the decision process

www.eprg.group.cam.ac.uk EPRGWORKINGPAPER Abstract Nuclear Energy in the Enlarged European Union of nuclear energy and notes that it has shifted significantly as the European Union has grown from 15 member states to 27. The proportion of member states with nuclear energy experience has increased markedly. Also

. The models are used to estimate the benefits of electricity locational marginal pricing (LMP) that arise fromwww.eprg.group.cam.ac.uk EPRGWORKINGPAPER Abstract Locational-based Coupling of Electricity Markets the effects of varying system characteristics on the magnitude of the locational-based unit commitment

www.electricitypolicy.org.uk EPRGWORKINGPAPERNON-TECHNICALSUMMARY Do homes that are more energy efficient consume less energy?: A structural equation model of the English residential sector EPRG Working Paper 1117 Cambridge Working Paper in Economics 1139 Scott Kelly Energy consumption from the residential

, the majority of which do not contain natural gas. The pore spaces in these structures are filled with highlyAn assessment of carbon sequestration potential in the UK ­ Southern North Sea case study Michele Bentham January 2006 Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Working Paper 85 #12;1 An assessment

Energy from Waste UK Joint Statement on Energy from Waste Read more overleaf Introduction Energy from waste provides us with an opportunity for a waste solution and a local source of energy rolled,itcan onlyaddressaportionofthewastestream andisnotsufficientonitsown. Energy obtained from the combustion of residual waste (Energy from

This paper summarises and reviews scholarly and political comment that draws parallels between the current: the nature of the political discourse; the relationship between an ethics-driven societal shift and economic Change, Slavery, Political Rhetoric JEL Classification B15 Contact wjn21@cam.ac.uk Publication August

www.eprg.group.cam.ac.uk EPRGWORKINGPAPERNON-TECHNICALSUMMARY Reforming Small Power Systems under Rabindra Nepal and Tooraj Jamasb The pioneering electricity sector reforms in developing Latin American of `successful and comprehensive electricity reforms' in many less-developed countries like Nepal. Nepal's power

www.eprg.group.cam.ac.uk EPRGWORKINGPAPER Abstract Reforming Small Power Systems under Political Nepal and Tooraj Jamasb This paper assesses the electricity sector reforms across small power systems make power sector reform in Nepal and similar small systems a more complex process. As international

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Energy also made errors in corporate strategy. It failed to integrate vertically by buying retail supplywww.electricitypolicy.org.uk EPRGWORKINGPAPERNON-TECHNICALSUMMARY Nuclear Power and Deregulated Electricity Markets: Lessons from British Energy EPRG Working Paper 0808 Simon Taylor When the privatised

and Humanities Philosophy, Politics and Law Swansea's PPL degree Â­ the first in Wales Â­ is designed to provide and philosophical thought. The BA PPL degree is available in the UK only at a couple of universities, is based exciting degree which is intellectually wide-ranging, stimulating and demanding. PPL develops the ability

DNA IN THE UK By Erica Van Coverden Dr. Kelly Goodwin, a microbiologist at AOML, finished up. Those proteins then would be sequenced and the amino acid sequence would be used to backtrack to the DNA sequence that codes for that protein. In another approach, total DNA was extracted, digested

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transmission and the ecological context. PhD thesis. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/3768/ Copyright and moral rights first obtaining permission in writing from the Author The content must not be changed in any way or sold must be given #12;Disease transmission and the ecological context Angus Cameron BSc (Hons) This thesis

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within the acceptance of the acceleration system. Ionisation cooling is the only viable cooling technique (2011) The Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment. PhD thesis. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2839/ Copyright-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge This thesis cannot be reproduced or quoted

interest rate setting differs from previous empirical work examining the topic. It has been common1 Interest Rate Clustering in UK Financial Services Markets by John K. Ashton Norwich Business University Business School CCP Working Paper 06-14 Abstract: In applications as diverse as banking

THE UK ENERGY RESEARCH ATLAS: A TOOL FOR PRIORITISING AND PLANNING ENERGY R&D Prof Jim Skea UK Energy Research Centre1 ABSTRACT The UK Energy Research Centre has created an innovative "Energy Research Atlas" which maps out energy-related research, development and demonstration (RD&D) activities

1 Is there a route to a UK Feed in Tariff for renewable energy? ICEPT Discussion Paper October 2010 University #12;2 Is there a route to a UK Feed in Tariff for renewable energy? Introduction This discussion paper is concerned with the potential to change the way the UK provides support for renewable energy

CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE UK SOLAR ENERGY RESOURCE Dougal Burnett*1 and Gareth P. Harrison1 1 School of southern UK will get sunnier and benefit from increased solar energy resource in #12;summer, while cloud cover and slightly reduced solar energy resource. The UK will see an overall annual increase of 2

This paper consists of two parts and an appendix. In the first part a review is made of the geothermal activity in Italy from 1975 to 1982, including electrical and non-electrical applications. Remarks then follow on the trends that occurred and the operational criteria that were applied in the same period, which can be considered a transitional period of geothermal development in Italy. Information on recent trends and development objectives up to 1990 are given in the second part of the paper, together with a summary on program activities in the various geothermal areas of Italy. The appendix specifically reviews the main reseroir engineering activities carried out in the past years and the problems likely to be faced in the coming years in developing Itallian fields.

Italy and New Spain Itineraries for an Iberian Art History (1440-1640) Convened by Michael Cole Iberian Europe to the Kingdom of the New Spain. New proposals of itineraries for the origin and interpretation of corn cane sculptures Joana Barreto (Villa Medici, Rome): Spain, Italy, Flanders: Some Dynamics

: Rescue excavation Archaeomagnetism Thermoluminescence dating Kiln Italy a b s t r a c t A combined 1511 to 1614 AD, and a second one from 1768 to 1872 AD. Thermoluminescence (TL) study has been also perCombined archaeomagnetic and thermoluminescence study of a brick kiln excavated at Fontanetto Po

A glacier inventory for South Tyrol, Italy, based on airborne laser-scanner data Christoph KNOLL-mail: christoph.knoll@uibk.ac.at ABSTRACT. A new approach to glacier inventory, based on airborne laser supervision. Earlier inventories, from 1983 and 1997, are used to compare changes in area, volume

TESEC 2001, Genova, Italy 1 ADVANCED TECHNIQUES FOR SAFETY ANALYSIS APPLIED TO THE GAS TURBINE for safety analysis of complex computer based systems. Such approaches are applied to the gas turbine control and electrical power supply of the centre of ENEA CR Casaccia. The plant is based on a small gas turbine and has

international timber markets Background 1 Â· Confronting fragmentation of forest estates and therefore of domestic timber supply Forestry in Italy at the dawn of the new millennium: Background 2 Â· Coping = trade of "credits" between companies and landowners for exceeding the requirements on water use

directly from the low-grade metamorphic lithotypes undergoing dolomitization, nor from the low-temperature across large areas of the Iglesiente­Sulcis mining district (SW Sardinia, Italy). The dolomite crops out within circulation cells, which were driven by high heat flow. Fluids originated in the underlying rocks

and structure of these generators have varied and various different power levels have been produced. However of power to wireless sensor systems. In such systems size is an important consideration and it is generallyStresa, Italy, 26-28 April 2006 SCALING EFFECTS FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC VIBRATIONAL POWER GENERATORS

Stresa, Italy, 26-28 April 2006 OPTIMIZATION OF PIEZOELECTRIC ELECTRICAL GENERATORS POWERED the PEG output power [2,3]. Although the power electronic interface used for optimization induces Villeurbanne Cedex, France ABSTRACT This paper compares the performances of a vibration- powered electrical

European Geothermal Congress 2013 Pisa, Italy, 3-7 June 2013 1 Main achievements from the multi-well EGS Soultz project during geothermal exploitation from 2010 and 2012 Albert Genter1 , Nicolas Cuenot1 monitoring of the EGS Soultz power plant has been achieved during geothermal exploitation between 2010

Belgirate, Italy, 28-30 September 2005 A COMPREHENSIVE THERMAL-AWARE POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM power techniques due to shortage of battery life. Conventional power management designs focused. In this research, a block-level optimization of comprehensive thermal aware power management is presented

Find out more by visiting www.forestry.gov.uk/apf for the Forestry Commission, or www.confor.org.uk for Confor. Forestry Commission 11.00 Â­ 11.45am A confident future for forestry: how is the sector becoming Garratt. Forestry Commission 1.00 Â­ 1.45pm Maximising EU funding opportunities for the forestry sector

.Haydon@ed.ac.uk) Received 25 August 1998; Revised 10 May 1999; Accepted 10 July 1999 Key words: Great Victoria Desert. 407 Fire-driven dynamic mosaics in the Great Victoria Desert, Australia II. A spatial and temporal, large scale, high resolution model of fire driven landscape dynamics in the Great Victoria Desert

. Manufactured in The Netherlands. A Dynamic Foundational Architecture for Semantic Web Services BRAHIM MEDJAHED Abstract. The combination of Web services and ontologies is gaining momentum as the potential silver bullets for tomorrow's Web, i.e., the Semantic Web. We propose an architectural foundation for managing

(derating), forward trading may be substantially reduced, and the market power mitigating effect of forward in The Netherlands. Two-settlement Systems for Electricity Markets under Network Uncertainty and Market Power with the forward market in which spot-market trading is residual. We ®nd that the reduction in forward trading

. Manufactured in The Netherlands. Mobile Agent Connection Establishment and Management (CEMA)--Message Exchange Connection Estab- lishment and Management Algorithm CEMA for message passing among mobile agents in he is an emerging technology that offers new possibilities to distributed computing and computer networking

Highlights: • We evaluate operational municipal solid waste incinerators in the UK. • The supply chain of four case study plants are examined and compared in detail. • Technical, financial and operational data has been gathered for the four plants. • We suggest the best business practices for waste incinerators. • Appropriate strategy choices are the major difficulties for waste to energy plants. - Abstract: The uptake in Europe of Energy from Waste (EfW) incinerator plants has increased rapidly in recent years. In the UK, 25 municipal waste incinerators with energy recovery are now in operation; however, their waste supply chains and business practices vary significantly. With over a hundred more plant developments being considered it is important to establish best business practices for ensuring efficient environmental and operational performance. By reviewing the 25 plants we identify four suitable case study plants to compare technologies (moving grate, fluidised bed and rotary kiln), plant economics and operations. Using data collected from annual reports and through interviews and site visits we provide recommendations for improving the supply chain for waste incinerators and highlight the current issues and challenges faced by the industry. We find that plants using moving grate have a high availability of 87–92%. However, compared to the fluidised bed and rotary kiln, quantities of bottom ash and emissions of hydrogen chloride and carbon monoxide are high. The uptake of integrated recycling practices, combined heat and power, and post incineration non-ferrous metal collections needs to be increased among EfW incinerators in the UK. We conclude that one of the major difficulties encountered by waste facilities is the appropriate selection of technology, capacity, site, waste suppliers and heat consumers. This study will be of particular value to EfW plant developers, government authorities and researchers working within the sector of waste management.

the bargaining over ‘non-wage’ issues has developed within three European economies: Austria, Greece and Italy. Each is representative of a different variant of corporatism, and therefore we look at the ability of social partners with variable institutional...

Five ancient shipwrecks have been found in the sea off Croton, in southern Italy, each carrying a marble cargo composed of massive blocks, column shafts, and smaller artifacts. Three of them were located while surveying the seafloor with a multibeam...

SWEMP 2002, Cagliari, Italy SDPS for Windows: An Application for Subsidence Prediction, Optimum the benefits of the MS Windows platform and has a direct interface to CAD software, thus facilitating input

Five UK coals were selected to cover the range of mineral matter and ash contents typically encountered in UK bituminous coals. Trace element analysis was performed on both the whole coals and size separated fractions using ICP analysis for 21 trace elements, including Be, Cr, Co, Ni, As, Cd, Sb, Hg, and Pb, elements deemed to be the most environmentally hazardous. Small quantities of each coal were gasified in a laboratory gasifier in an atmosphere of N{sub 2} containing 15% O{sub 2}. Samples of bed ash, cyclone ash, and a fine gas-filtered ash were collected and analyzed to determine the partition of the trace elements between the gasification products. Mass balance calculations showed that the recovery of the trace elements varied from 20 to 97%; the low recovery of some trace elements highlighting the difficulties of collecting representative samples from a laboratory system. A parallel study on samples taken from a pilot plant gasifier showed significantly higher recovery rates, indicating the value of larger scale trials.

Hunter, B. A. , California State University at Sacramento Chairman of Advisory Committee: Dr. D. Gentry Steele The faunal remains from a rural Roman farmsite, San Giovanni di Ruoti, Italy, were used to perform a taphonomic analysis. The goal... remains. The taphonomic analysis included examination of the pig skeletal element representation, identification of the specific agents that modify bone, identification of the butchering techniques used at the site, and documentation of possible...

. Church, Censorship and Culture in Early Mod- ern Italy. Trans. Adrian Belton. Cambridge: Cambridge Univer- sity Press, 2001. x + 264 pp. + 4 illus. $59.95. Review by ERMINIA ARDISSINO, UNIVERSITY OF TURIN. Although devoted primarily... that the old and fixed ideas on the repressive apparatus of the Roman Church, which was far more conflictual and complex than might appear from the results of the censorship imposed, are now outdated. Fragnito is also the author of the first essay ?The Central...

and safety-related costs are estimated to be 25% of the cost of the capital items. End of life disposal cost will be 5% of the capital cost. #12;Cost vs. performance ... Gwyn Griffiths email: gxg@noc.soton.ac.uk http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/OED/gxg/ Cost & performance of Li-Po secondary batteries Component Capital cost Amortised cost per kWh Cost per

Fees For information on current fee levels, see: www.strath.ac.uk/registry/students/finance How Enquiries can be made to either of the following in the Department of Accounting & Finance: Professor Dick Davies Course Director, Investment & Finance t: +44 (0)141 548 3710 e: jr.davies@strath.ac.uk Barbara

Aurora Progress Report #12;The UK is taking a leading role in developing the European Mars Working Group. Aurora is a European Space Agency (ESA) programme for long-term European involvement and institutions that are part of the UK Aurora programme and helps deliver a number of important benefits. 2

UK Export Controls 1) Export Control Act 2002 and Export Control Order 2008 UK export controls are designed to restrict the export and communication of sensitive technology or strategic goods, with the aim such as terrorism. The controls apply equally to the academic community as to any other exporter, and cover physical

Embargoed to 0001 BST Wednesday April 24 Research into the UK government's proposed reforms of the funding of care and support published The cost implications of the UK government's recent plans to reform, Principal Research Fellow at LSE's Personal Social Services Research Unit, said: "The government's reforms

Effect of data quality on estimates of farm infectiousness trends in the UK 2001 foot of the mathematical models that were developed to study the UK 2001 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic assumed controversy over whether this assumption is appropriate. Uncertainty about which farm infected which in 2001

www.forestry.gov.uk/scotland Corporate Plan 11/12 Corporate #12;I am pleased to introduce our of our eight main work programmes and their contribution to the delivery of the Scottish Forestry stakeholders, so please email me at fcscotland@forestry.gsi.gov.uk if you have any questions or comments

UK Forestry Standard for Planners Woodlands, trees and the Planning System in England Decisions is created or managed through such conditions, the UK Forestry Standard (UKFS) can be applied to ensure sustainability. The UKFS sets out the Government's approach to sustainable forestry. The UKFS can help inform

, University of London 6 November 2012 Inga Benner inga.benner@bbsrc.ac.uk #12;UK Research Office Â· Based someone to speak to in the European Commission Â· Project management issues, reporting, audit Â· Wider (ICT) Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies (NMP) Energy

PWP-069 Electricity Markets: Should the Rest of the World Adopt the UK Reforms? Catherine D;1 Electricity Markets: Should the Rest of the World Adopt the UK Reforms?1 By Catherine D. Wolfram2 Britain was one of the first countries to liberalize its electricity industry when it restructured and privatized

carbon from these projects brings many benefits in addition to carbon sequestration. is effectivelyforestry.gov.uk/carboncode Â® The Woodland Carbon Code is an initiative led by the Forestry Commission and supported by a Carbon Advisory Group of UK forest industry and carbon market experts. A buyers

Cambridge Working Papers in Economics CWPE 0408 Benchmarking and Incentive Regulation of Quality of Service: an Application to the UK Electricity Distribution Utilities D. Giannakis, T. Jamasb, and M. Pollitt... and Environmental Policy Research CMI Working Paper Series UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE Department of Applied Economics BENCHMARKING AND INCENTIVE REGULATION OF QUALITY OF SERVICE: AN APPLICATION TO THE UK ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION UTILITIES Dimitrios Giannakis...

Causes and experiences of poverty among economic migrants in the UK Simon Pemberton, Jenny of poverty among economic migrants in the UK Simon Pemberton, Jenny Phillimore and David Robinson Abstract Poverty is an important driver of migration. Many people migrate to escape poverty. However, far less

while summer decreases. Keywords: climate change, United Kingdom, wind energy, wind climate. 1, the potential for changes in climate to affect the significant onshore wind resource in the United Kingdom (UK contributor to future long term renewable energy targets. This is particularly true in the United Kingdom (UK

WABCO Automotive UK Ltd is part of American Standard Companies Inc. As one of the world's premier automotive products companies, it supplies braking and other control systems to the commercial vehicle and de-sorb moisture. They also discovered that contamination from the vehicle WABCO AUTOMOTIVE UK LTD

consumption". The Budget 2007 committed the UK to a competition to build the first UK electricity generation International Risk Governance Council www.irgc.org March, modified April 2007, Washington, USA Page 1 Regulation to the fore of the UK agenda since 2001. The Government has committed to aggressive CO2 targets well in excess

The Library of Trinity College Dublin, as one of the UK Legal Deposit Libraries, welcomes the UK Libraries (including Trinity College Library Dublin) have welcomed the UK Government's response, Bodleian Library Oxford, Cambridge University Library and Trinity College Dublin. Robin Adams Librarian

The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) are procedural tools which have as goal to assess and evaluate possible environmental effects of, respectively, a proposed project or policy plan. The goal of this article is to explore possible bottlenecks in applying both the EIA and SEA procedures on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) activities in the Netherlands, as experience is currently minimal or lacking. In this study we focus mainly on the institutional and procedural aspects of the screening and scoping phases of both procedures. This is achieved by reviewing EIA and SEA procedures for analogue projects for the three distinctive process steps of a CCS project, namely the power plant with capture, the transport and finally the underground storage of the CO{sub 2}. Additionally, EIA and SEA or similar procedures on CCS in other countries are reviewed and the legal framework for the Dutch EIA and SEA is studied. This article shows a concise overview of the EIA and SEA procedure in the Netherlands and the relation between both procedures. Based on our findings we have constructed a conceptual taxonomy for the scope of both procedures for CCS in the Netherlands. This taxonomy conceptualizes the possible integration of assessing the environmental impacts for tiered levels of decision making. This integration might be needed for first CCS projects as decisions on the strategic (spatial planning) level are currently absent for CCS in the Netherlands. Perpendicular to such integration is the integration of linked activities in the CCS chain and their alternatives, into one procedure. We argue that it would be beneficial to combine the separate EIA procedures for CCS activities into one procedure or at least provide close linkage between them.

SuperNEMO is a next generation neutrinoless double beta decay experiment with a design capability to reach a half-life sensitivity of $10^{26}$ years corresponding to an effective Majorana neutrino mass of $\\langle m_{\\beta\\beta} \\rangle$ $UK for screening and selection of detector construction materials. Gamma ray spectroscopy using high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors has been the standard method for the measurement of material contamination. A low-background facility has been established at Boulby Underground Laboratory. The first results from the 2 current HPGe detector are shown. Radon is one of the most critical backgrounds for SuperNEMO and most other low background experiments. It can enter the detector either through diffusion, contamination during construction or emanation from the detector material...

This paper presents a comprehensive statistical review of data obtained from a wide range of literature on the most widely used electrical appliances in the UK residential load sector. It focuses on individual appliances and begins by consideration of the electrical operations performed by the load. This approach allows for the loads to be categorised based on the electrical characteristics, and also provides information on the reactive power characteristics of the load, which is often neglected from standard consumption statistics. This data is particularly important for power system analysis. In addition to this, device ownership statistics and probability distribution functions of power demand are presented for the main residential loads. Although the data presented is primarily intended as a resource for the development of load profiles for power system analysis, it contains a large volume of information which provides a useful database for the wider research community.

in India to align existing priorities and to scope areas of mutual research and policy interest. In doingResearch Councils UK engaging with India #12;The Government of India's 12th five-year plan (2012 in the global R&D rankings, India is clearly a partner of choice for the UK and the UK Research Councils. We

Digital Music Research ­ UK Roadmap www.dmrn.org/roadmap Developed by the Digital Music Research ­ UK Roadmap www.dmrn.org/roadmap Developed by the Digital Music Research Network 2 includes weightings are. Neither is it #12;Digital Music Research ­ UK Roadmap www.dmrn.org/roadmap Developed

LARGE FACILITIES ROADMAP 2008 #12;The seven Research Councils are the UK's biggest public funders to present here the 2008 Research Councils UK Large Facilities Roadmap.The Roadmap provides a comprehensive research capabilities for the UK.The Roadmap includes facilities for the physical and for the life sciences

Environmental assessment (EA) aims to enhance environmental awareness and to ensure that environmental values are fully considered in decision-making. In the EA arena, different discourses exist on what EA should aim for and how it functions. We hypothesise that these discourses influence its application in practice as well as its effectiveness in terms of achieving the above goals. For instance, actors who consider EA as a hindrance to fast implementation of their projects will probably apply it as a mandatory checklist, whereas actors who believe that EA can help to develop more environmentally sound decisions will use EIA as a tool to design their initiatives. In this paper we explore discourses on EA in The Netherlands and elaborate on their implications for EA effectiveness. Based on an innovative research design comprising an online survey with 443 respondents and 20 supplementary semi-structured interviews we conclude that the dominant discourse is that EA is mainly a legal requirement; EAs are conducted because they have to be conducted, not because actors choose to do so. EA effectiveness however seems reasonably high, as a majority of respondents perceive that it enhances environmental awareness and contributes to environmental protection. However, the 'legal requirement' discourse also results in decision-makers seldom going beyond what is prescribed by EA and environmental law. Despite its mandatory character, the predominant attitude towards EA is quite positive. For most respondents, EA is instrumental in providing transparency of decision-making and in minimising the legal risks of not complying with environmental laws. Differences in discourses seldom reflect extreme opposites. The 'common ground' regarding EA provides a good basis for working with EA in terms of meeting legal requirements but at the same time does not stimulate creativity in decision-making or optimisation of environmental values. In countries characterised by less consensual political cultures we may expect more extreme discourses on EA, the consequences of which are reflected upon in this paper. - Highlights: Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer The effectiveness of environmental assessment (EA) depends in part on meanings associated with EA (i.e., discourse). Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer Our results suggest that the general discourse in The Netherlands is that EA is a legal requirement, nothing more. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer This discourse makes EA effective in protecting the environment, but not in the optimisation of environmental values. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer EA has a limited contribution to the development of policy alternatives or innovative solutions to environmental problems. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer There is a high consensus among EA professionals, providing a common ground for working with EA.

A 1-D coda method was proposed by Mayeda et al. (2003) in order to obtain stable seismic source moment-rate spectra using narrowband coda envelope measurements. That study took advantage of the averaging nature of coda waves to derive stable amplitude measurements taking into account all propagation, site, and Sto-coda transfer function effects. Recently this methodology was applied to micro earthquake data sets from three sub-regions of northern Italy (i.e., western Alps, northern Apennines and eastern Alps). Since the study regions were small, ranging between local-to-near-regional distances, the simple 1-D path assumptions used in the coda method worked very well. The lateral complexity of this region would suggest, however, that a 2-D path correction might provide even better results if the datasets were combined, especially when paths traverse larger distances and complicated regions. The structural heterogeneity of northern Italy makes the region ideal to test the extent to which coda variance can be reduced further by using a 2-D Q tomography technique. The approach we use has been developed by Phillips et al. (2005) and is an extension of previous amplitude ratio techniques to remove source effects from the inversion. The method requires some assumptions such as isotropic source radiation which is generally true for coda waves. Our results are compared against direct Swave inversions for 1/Q and results from both share very similar attenuation features that coincide with known geologic structures. We compare our results with those derived from direct waves as well as some recent results from northern California obtained by Mayeda et al. (2005) which tested the same tomographic methodology applied in this study to invert for 1/Q. We find that 2-D coda path corrections for this region significantly improve upon the 1-D corrections, in contrast to California where only a marginal improvement was observed. We attribute this difference to stronger lateral variations in Q for northern Italy relative to California.

and endless energy cnd enthusiasm throughout the long weeks of diving or waiting out siroc- co storms. I am also grateful to the Ameri. can Institute of Nautical Archaeology for its support. My sincere appreciation goes also to the many individuals who con... development, the Tuscan coast of Italy (FIC. 1) presents as much of a challenge today to archaeologists interpreting port remains as it did to the earliest seafarers who sought shelter for their ships. In contrast to the bay-studded Aegean so con- 1 duclve...

This study describes the effects of long-range transport of secondary airborne particles on local PM10 levels in Edinburgh (UK) during the period 1 January to 31 March 1996. Air mass back trajectories for each day were ...

.......................................................................................................30 4. Combined Heat and Power (CHP)...................................................................................32 4.1 Current CHP Capacity and Short-term Projections ...................................................32 4.2 The Long-term Potential for CHP in the UK

The typical seasoned offer in the UK by smaller listed companies is no longer a conventional rights issue but an issue involving placed shares. Discounts provide substantial rewards to buyers of placed shares, and are ...

We explore the relationship between low carbon objectives and the strategic security of electricity in the context of the UK Electricity System. We consider diversity of fuel source mix to represent one dimension of security - robustness against...

UK Oil and Gas Collaborative Doctoral Training Centre For applications. IMPORTANT In section 2 Programme The Oil and Gas projects are all being BOX: PUT Oil and Gas CDT and the name of the project you're interested

This paper provides an empirical assessment of CO2 emissions abatement in the UK power sector during the trial period of the EU ETS. Using an econometrically estimated model of fuel switching, it separates the impacts of ...

Laboratory,British Nuclear Fuels plc, SpringfieldsWorks, Salwick, Preston PR4OXJ, UK Received 21 November of distinguishing between different analytes. For example, the measurement of metal ion concentration in fluid media

In 2009, the UK government set a target of achieving 15% of overall energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020, as part of the EU's goals of reducing emission levels within the EU and increasing consumption from renewable energy sources...

A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) was developed to evaluate the environmental impacts of producing 1 kg pig live weight. A comparison was made between dietary protein sources, i.e. imported soybean meal with the UK protein ...

The pressures of energy prices and availability do not always provide sufficient incentive towards conservation, but the post 1995 scene is an incentive to industry to design and develop low energy. The U.K. approach to energy conservation...

Available in abstract form only. Full text of publication follows: This paper provides an account of the tritium management experience of a UK decommissioning and remediation contracting organisation (NUKEM Limited), supported by a specialist radio-analysis organisation (GAU-Radioanalytical). This experience was gained during the execution of projects which involved the characterisation and remediation of facilities which had previously been used for tritium work and were contaminated with tritium. The emphasis of the paper is on the characterisation (sampling and analysis) of tritium. An account is given of the development of a methodology to improve the accuracy of tritium characterisation. The improved methodology evolved from recognition of the need to minimise tritium losses during sampling, storage, transport and preparation for analysis. These improvements were achieved in a variety of ways, including use of cold and dry sampling techniques in preference to hot or wet ones and freezing relevant samples during storage and transport. The major benefit was an improvement in the accuracy and reliability of the analyses results, essential for proper categorisation, sentencing and future management of tritiated waste. (authors)

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Industrialized societies which continue to use fossil fuel energy sources are considering adoption of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology to meet carbon emission reduction targets. Deep geological storage of CO2 onshore faces opposition regarding potential health effects of CO2 leakage from storage sites. There is no experience of commercial scale CCS with which to verify predicted risks of engineered storage failure. Studying risk from natural CO2 seeps can guide assessment of potential health risks from leaking onshore CO2 stores. Italy and Sicily are regions of intense natural CO2 degassing from surface seeps. These seeps exhibit a variety of expressions, characteristics (e.g., temperature/ flux), and location environments. Here we quantify historical fatalities from CO2 poisoning using a database of 286 natural CO2 seeps in Italy and Sicily. We find that risk of human death is strongly influenced by seep surface expression, local conditions (e.g., topography and wind speed), CO2 flux, and human behavior. Risk of accidental human death from these CO2 seeps is calculated to be 10-8 year-1 to the exposed population. This value is significantly lower than that of many socially accepted risks. Seepage from future storage sites is modeled to be less than Italian natural flux rates. With appropriate hazard management, health risks from unplanned seepage at onshore storage sites can be adequately minimized.

Under the auspices of a US-UK Memorandum of Understanding and Implementing Agreement for fossil energy R&D (http://us-uk.fossil.energy.gov/), the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and the UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) have recently completed a three-year collaboration on virtual plant modeling and simulation technology for advanced fossil-energy power generation systems. The R&D collaboration was aimed at taking full advantage of the synergies between NETL’s ongoing Advanced Process Engineering Co-Simulator (APECS) project and the UK’s three-year Virtual Plant Demonstration Model (VPDM) project. The key objective of this collaboration has been the development of compatible, open standards-based US and UK technology for process/equipment co-simulation. To achieve plug-and-play model interoperability, the collaboration leveraged the process-industry CAPE-OPEN (CO) software standard which is managed and disseminated by the CO Laboratories Network (www.colan.org).

Modelling air quality impact of a biomass energy power plant in a mountain valley in Central Italy in revised form 31 July 2012 Accepted 1 August 2012 Keywords: Biomass energy Air quality CALPUFF NO2 SO2 fuel power plants with those fuelled with modern biomass (IPCC, 2011). However, from an air quality

and Spain. Alberto Marzucchi & Sandro Montresor October 2012 Preliminary Â­ Do not quote without prior, at the national and regional level (multi-level). An empirical application is carried out for Italy and Spain, while they show output additionality in Spain only, where they are also able to spur innovative

Stresa, Italy, 25-27 April 2007 DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF A DIAPHRAGM MICRO-PUMP@ntu.edu.tw, 8862-23629976 ABSTRACT In this study, a new type of thin, compact, and light weighed diaphragm micro-pump-diaphragm pump with two valves is fabricated in an aluminum case by using highly accurate CNC machine

EWEC'07 Conference, 7-10 May 2007, Milan, Italy. 1 POW'WOW Virtual Laboratory for Wind Power for the short-term prediction of wind power production. The relevant and common forecast length of these tools purposes. A state of the art on wind power forecasting has been published by Giebel et al [1]. On the other

Stresa, Italy, 26-28 April 2006 A SILICON-BASED MICRO GAS TURBINE ENGINE FOR POWER GENERATION X. C. Our research aims to develop a micro power generation systems based on micro gas turbine engine and a piezoelectric converter, as illustrated in Fig. 1 [6]. The micro gas turbine engine is composed of a centrifugal

ISIT2000, Sorrento, Italy, June 25{30, 2000 The Binary Jitter Channel: A New Model for Magnetic is expected to be limited pri- marily by \\jitter". For such systems, a new simple channel model is proposed.e., changes of magnetic polarization) are a#11;ected by jitter [3]: the transition is read at a di#11;erent

1 The limits of public policy intervention in urban logistics: The case of Vicenza (Italy - University of Lyon Laetitia DABLANC, INRETS Abstract For over fifteen years, the subject of urban logistics logistics, local policy, regulations, urban distribution centres, competition 1. Introduction Freight

, 2010, Sorrento, Italy INTRODUCTION Air source heat pump systems are used for heating and cooling heat pump exchanges heat directly from the indoor environment to the outdoor ambient air, and during surface from accumulated frost before the heating service could start again. Heat pumps with microchannel

state models used by heat pump manufacturers do not describe well the energy performance of air, 2010, Sorrento, Italy I TRODUCTIO Heat pumps employed in cold climates suffer from a drop in efficiency-source heat pump systems operating in frosting conditions. Heat pump simulation programs are computationally

ESA Workshop on Aerospace EMC Florence, Italy / 30 March Â­ 1 April 2009 A NOVEL WAY OF USING of facility, among others, are often used nowadays for high frequency EMC radiated-immunity tests of using RCs for EMC testing with the generation of high-intensity deterministic temporal wavefronts inside

A solar low income multifamily housing project, under construction in Leghorn (Tuscany, Italy), which combines passive and conservative technologies with an active solar energy plant is presented. The working group took into consideration the following items: the local climatic conditions; the Italian housing laws; a specific heating service contract; a minimum required annual energy saving; and a fixed economic budget. In order to meet the above conditions most satisfactorily, it was necessary to use a number of computer programs as design and performance evaluation tools and to develop a special passive solar component. The six-story high building, consisting of 24 flats, with linear typology is described. The south facade has been realized with two different passive systems: direct gain and solar wall. An active solar system provides part of the building hot water requirement. The minimization of thermal loss has been emphasized by means of reduction of surface/volume ratio and an adequate study of the building construction details.

Mateas. M. 2003. Expressive AI: Games and Artificial Intelligence. In Proceedings of Level Up: Digital Games Research Conference, Utrecht, Netherlands, Nov. 2003. Expressive AI: Games and Artificial returns, the technical focus in game design has been turning towards Artificial Intelligence (AI). While

. Manufactured in The Netherlands. A Dynamical Model of Visually-Guided Steering, Obstacle Avoidance, and Route-line steering dynamics, without explicit path planning. The model is derived from experiments on human walking of elementary behaviors for steering and obstacle avoidance. Keywords: visual control of locomotion, optic flow

-15, Noordwijk, The Netherlands Biomechanical Design of a Powered Ankle-Foot Prosthesis Samuel K. Au, Jeff Weber, and Hugh Herr Abstract-Although the potential benefits of a powered ankle- foot prosthesis have been well documented, no one has suc- cessfully developed and verified that such a prosthesis can improve amputee gait

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The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Agency has recently declared a date for cessation of reprocessing of oxide fuel from the UK's Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors (AGRs). This will fundamentally change the management of AGR fuel: from short term storage followed by reprocessing to long term fuel storage followed, in all likelihood, by geological disposal. In terms of infrastructure, the UK has an existing, modern wet storage asset that can be adapted for centralised long term storage of dismantled AGR fuel under the required pond water chemistry. No AGR dry stores exist, although small quantities of fuel have been stored dry as part of experimental programmes in the past. These experimental programmes have shown concerns about corrosion rates.

This dissertation explores the controversial nature of current policies on the use of minority language place-names on official signage in Norway, Scotland and in Italy. Following a survey of recent developments in the ...

This study focused on cross-cultural leadership styles between the United States, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Italy to determine if any significant statistical differences in leadership style exist. It is a common belief that leadership...

, aerospace, marine and defence markets and more recently the renewable energy sector. Moog manufactures both company, with operations in the UK, US and Canada, servicing the commercial, industrial, aerospace, marine at the University. Moog Components Group Ltd, with operations in UK, US and Canada, is a technology company

Predicting future climate change for the UK and East AngliaPredicting future climate change confidence in the following future changes in UK climate: Average temperature increases Summer temperature part in farming, so we might expect these changes to have an impact on agriculture ­ affecting both

The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) is an independent safety, security and transport regulator of the UK nuclear industry. ONR regulates all civil nuclear reactor power stations, fuel manufacture, enrichment, spent fuel reprocessing, most defence sites and installations that store and process legacy spent fuel and radioactive waste. The responsibility for funding and strategic direction of decommissioning and radioactive waste management of state owned legacy sites has rested solely with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) since 2005. A key component of NDA's mandate was to encourage new strategic approaches and innovation to dealing with the UK's waste legacy and which deliver value-for-money to the UK taxpayer. ONR, as an agency of the Health and Safety Executive, is entirely independent of NDA and regulates all prescribed activities on NDA's sites. NDA's competition of site management and closure contracts has attracted significant international interest and the formation of consortia comprised of major British, US, French and Swedish organizations bidding for those contracts. The prominence of US organizations in each of those consortia reflects the scale and breadth of existing waste management and D and D projects in the US. This paper will articulate, in broad terms, the challenges faced by international organizations seeking to employ 'off-the-shelf' technology and D and D techniques, successfully employed elsewhere, into the UK regulatory context. The predominantly 'goal-setting' regulatory framework in the UK does not generally prescribe a minimum standard to which a licensee must adhere. The legal onus on licensees in the UK is to demonstrate, whatever technology is selected, that in its applications, risks are reduced 'So Far As Is Reasonably Practicable' or 'SFAIRP'. By the nature of its role, ONR adopts a conservative approach to regulation; however ONR also recognises that in the decommissioning (and ultimately the site closure) domain, it is often necessary to consider and support novel approaches to achieve the nationally desired end-state. Crucial to successful and compliant operation in this regulatory environment is early and sustained engagement of the contractor with the regulator. There must be a 'no-surprises' culture to engender regulatory confidence early in a project. The paper considers some of the challenges facing international prime and lower tier contractors when undertaking D and D contracts in the UK, and emphasizes the importance of constructive and transparent dialogue with all regulators to sustain confidence at all stages of a major decommissioning project. The paper will also articulate ONR's strategy to increase collaboration with the US Department of Energy in light of increasing UK-US synergy in the area of waste management and to benchmark respective regulatory approaches. (authors)

residential energy consumers in the UK by considering property energy efficiency levels, the greenness1 A Three-Dimensional Model of Residential Energy Consumer Archetypes for Local Energy Policy lines of research in residential energy consumption in the UK, i.e. economic/infrastructure, behaviour

10 Carbon Capture and Storage in the UK Yasmin E. Bushby ­ Scottish Centre for Carbon Storage fossil fuels which in turn produces approximately one third of total UK CO2 emissions. Carbon Capture stations and industrial facilities. Existing power stations can be retrofitted with carbon capture

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EPSRC funding in order to maximise the impact of the UK's investment in science and engineering. Energy the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) and the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) to ensure that our prioritiesWHATWEDO ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL #12;1 2We are the main UK government

(1563). El Greco inspiringly mastered the latent connections between the legendary role of Evangelist Luke as a painter of Marian icons and the Western perception that painting is a divine activity —one governed by “an- gelic artists” who depict a..., but rather the ambitious enterprise of applying his artistic virtuosity to his efforts to create what Casper names “the artful icon” (75). Although the icon was not a novel category of image production in either Italy or in the Northern Renaissance, El...

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U N C O R R EC TED PR O O F Hydrocarbon filling history from diagenetic evidence: Brent Group, UK Reconstruction of the hydrocarbon filling history of a reservoir is important for prediction of field show for only a single phase of hydrocarbon filling, which occurred after the diagenetic reactions had

Bioimaging 4 (1996) 93Â­106. Printed in the UK Fluorescent dot counting in interphase cell nuclei allows the enumeration of chromosomal abnormalities in interphase cell nuclei. This process is called dot counting. To estimate the distribution of chromosomes per cell, a large number of cells have to be analysed

A roadmap for carbon capture and storage in the UK Clair Gough a, *, Sarah Mander a , Stuart to their deployment and technology roadmaps are becoming more commonly used for identifying obstacles and opportunities facing the development of new energy technologies. This paper presents a technology roadmap

Oil and Gas CDT Mesozoic Biosequence Stratigraphy of the Wessex Basin, UK University of Birmingham expert academics from across the CDT and also experienced oil and gas industry professionals of a CDT cohort, you will receive 20 weeks bespoke, residential training of broad relevance to the oil

) ???Â­??? Using Echo Ultrasound from Schooling Fish to Detect and Classify Fish Types Yeffry Handoko1 , Yul of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK Abstract Fish finders have already been widely available in the fishing market for a number of years. However, the sizes of these fish finders are too big

Last updated 6 May 2011 Kenya: Balazs Szendroi, University of Oxford, UK, and the Department of Mathematics and Applied Statistics, Maseno University, Kenya Contacts: Professor John Ogonji (Dean), Professor, Kenya, NETwork. The following sessions were held during the course of the visit. (i) Five talks

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, and regenerative heat recovery is used to boost the plant's overall energy efficiency. The majority of the waste and commercial waste per year in average and generate 72 MW of electrical energy. Riverside Resource Recovery LtdPress Release Von Roll Inova to build the UK's largest energy-from-waste plant Zürich, September, 1

and contaminated land. Natural Resources Researchers within the group are focusing on forestry and oil exploitation management and to a sustainable use of the remaining oil resources. #12;www.surrey.ac.uk/errg Water The Group within four main areas: Climate Change, Environmental and Public Health, Natural Resources, and Water

- 1 - Comparing Web Services with Other Software Components Yijun Yu y.yu@open.ac.uk Computing to be developed. As a kind of software components, web service technology has flourished and attracted a flurry of research activities. Despite the vast amount of research on mechanisms of web services, there have been

of a line's design capacity (or thermal rating), exceeding a pre-defined temperature will result in sag future emission scenarios (low, medium and high). In order to carry out a basic analysis of how temperature change Â­ as projected by UKCP09 Â­ could affect conductor ratings in the UK area, a subset of data

of East Anglia CCR Working Paper CCR 03-6 Abstract The UK energy regulator claims that prices are set: Energy: Pricing, Market Power Acknowledgements: We are grateful for financial support from the Economic a lower absolute quantity of energy than those who are richer. Prices for different consumption levels

traditional energy sources within the next few years. But if carbon dioxide can be separated off from power greenhouse gas emissions to 12.5% below 1990 levels by the year 2012. In the UK alone, carbon dioxide. Capturing and storing carbon dioxide is called sequestration. Carbon dioxide could be sequestered

to the emergence of clustering in the adoption of technology. Our model findings are discussed in the light electricity generation technologies based on combined heat and power systems as well as solar panels, whose Hamilton/ W J Nuttall: Judge Business Schoo rumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1AG, UK l, University

reliability because of my professional interests in software safety. I do, but as you can see here reliability is going to be an important strategic issue in the next few years. The so-called maintenanceD3: Sacred software cows: maintenance Les Hatton, lesh@oakcomp.co.uk Jan 1996 I'll talk this month

measure of clinical outcome is at the level of the individual surgeon. That degree of granularity for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland and the National Institute for Clinical Outcomes ResearchCARDIAC SURGERY MORTALITY RATES UK cardiac surgeons have shown the best way to ensure good clinical

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`In 2100, the sources of energy on this planet will be either solar or fusion, and the preferred meanswww.phy.cam.ac.uk Inside... What is the Physics of Sustainability? 2 Peter Littlewood's Parting with the University Registrary Jonathan Nicholls at the award ceremony. The urgency of dealing with energy

ISO9001 Certification in UK Organisations A comparative study of motivations and impacts. Scott Mc considered as the minimum standard for a quality management system. The number of ISO 9001 certified if the motives for obtaining ISO 9001 certification, and the perceived impacts to be derived from ISO 9001

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: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY As one of the UK's largest Universities, encompassing three campuses, 26,000 students for the above to be achieved. NTU's Environmental Policy is fully supported by the Senior Management Team their acceptance of the Environmental Policy, are key to its success. As such, this will provide an ongoing focus

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Highlights: • We focused on the dynamics the formation of operational costs of waste management. • We provide the basic elements to compose a picture of economic management. • We present a reflection on the last hidden costs associated with the consumption of goods and packaging. • Reduction of waste production. - Abstract: This paper focuses on the dynamics the formation of operational costs of waste management in Italy and the effect of economic measures. Currently incentives and penalties have been internalized by the system no differently from other cost items and revenues. This has greatly influenced the system directing it towards solutions that are often distant from the real environmental objectives. Based on an analysis of disaggregated costs of collection treatment and recovery, we provide the basic elements to compose a picture of economic management in various technical–organizational scenarios. In the light of the considerations contained in the paper it is proposed, e.g. for controlled landfills, that the ecotax, currently based on weight, could be replaced by one based on the volume consumption. Likewise, for tax reduction on disposal system, instead a pre-treatment might ask an environmental balance of the overall system. The article presents a reflection on the last hidden costs associated with the consumption of goods and packaging, and how to reduce waste production is the necessary path to be followed in ecological and economic perspectives.

We present a new Monte-Carlo methodology to forecast the crude oil production of Norway and the U.K. based on a two-step process, (i) the nonlinear extrapolation of the current/past performances of individual oil fields and (ii) a stochastic model of the frequency of future oil field discoveries. Compared with the standard methodology that tends to underestimate remaining oil reserves, our method gives a better description of future oil production, as validated by our back-tests starting in 2008. Specifically, we predict remaining reserves extractable until 2030 to be 188 +/- 10 million barrels for Norway and 98 +/- 10 million barrels for the UK, which are respectively 45% and 66% above the predictions using the standard methodology.

`Expanding the Connected Kingdom: Policies and Strategies for Stimulating the UK Internet Economy', following on goods (excluding transfers like benefits), and net exports. Thus the key finding, set out in exhibit 3

The UK has an abundant offshore wind resource with offshore wind farming set to grow rapidly over the coming years. Optimisation of energy production is of the utmost importance and accurate estimates of wind speed distributions are critical...

This thesis analyses the changing role of central government strategy units in the devolved UK polity using a lifecycle model. At each stage of the lifecycle the units develop a different aim, undertake different tasks and follow different working...

The migration of nurses is stimulating international debate around globalisation, ethics, and the effects on health systems. This thesis examines this phenomenon through nurses trained in Nepal who migrate to the UK. ...

-linked UK energy and climate change policies. Current climate change targets include 20% reduction of national green house gas emissions by 2010 and 80% reduction by 2050 from a 1990 baseline. However, only

This thesis examines how the basis risk affects property derivative hedging in the UK market, based on the tracking error (basis risk) report from the Investment Property Forum study in 2007 (the IPF Study). The thesis ...

of operational and capital expenditures (Totex) as the dependent variable. Improving quality of services involves operating cost (Opex) and capital cost (Capex) for the utilities. Due to the presence of possible trade-offs between Opex and Capex (Giannakis et... saving Opex than by an equal amount of Capex reduction (Ofgem, 2003a). Hence, in order to examine existence of different strategies in the UK utilities to improve quality, and to ascertain whether the current regulation has distorted the allocation...

With the introduction of producer responsibility legislation within the UK (i.e., waste electrical and electronic equipment directive and end-of-life vehicles directive), specific recycling and recovery targets have been imposed to improve the sustainability of end-of-life products. With the introduction of these targets, and the increased investment in post-fragmentation facilities, automated material separation technologies are playing an integral role within the UK's end-of-life waste management strategy. Post-fragmentation facilities utilise a range of purification technologies that target certain material attributes (e.g., density, magnetism, volume) to isolate materials from the shredded waste stream. High ferrous prices have historically meant that UK facilities have been primarily interested in recovering iron and steel, establishing processing routes that are very effective at removing these material types, but as a consequence are extremely rigid and inflexible. With the proliferation of more exotic materials within end-of-life products, combined with more stringent recycling targets, there is therefore a need to optimise the current waste reclamation processes to better realise effort-to-value returns. This paper provides a background as to the current post-fragmentation processing adopted within the UK, and describes the development of a post-fragmentation modelling approach, capable of simulating the value-added processing that a piece of automated separation equipment can have on a fragmented waste stream. These include the modelling of the inefficiencies of the technology, the effects of material entanglement on separation, determination of typical material sizing and an appreciation for compositional value. The implementation of this approach within a software decision-support system is described, before the limitations, calibration and further validation of the approach are discussed.

The Upstream Optioneering project was created in the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (UK) to support the development and implementation of significant opportunities to optimise activities across all the phases of the Higher Activity Waste management life cycle (i.e. retrieval, characterisation, conditioning, packaging, storage, transport and disposal). The objective of the Upstream Optioneering project is to work in conjunction with other functions within NDA and the waste producers to identify and deliver solutions to optimise the management of higher activity waste. Historically, optimisation may have occurred on aspects of the waste life cycle (considered here to include retrieval, conditioning, treatment, packaging, interim storage, transport to final end state, which may be geological disposal). By considering the waste life cycle as a whole, critical analysis of assumed constraints may lead to cost savings for the UK Tax Payer. For example, it may be possible to challenge the requirements for packaging wastes for disposal to deliver an optimised waste life cycle. It is likely that the challenges faced in the UK are shared in other countries. It is therefore likely that the opportunities identified may also apply elsewhere, with the potential for sharing information to enable value to be shared. (authors)

, Italy 1 ADVANCED TECHNIQUES FOR SAFETY ANALYSIS APPLIED TO THE GAS TURBINE CONTROL SYSTEM OF ICARO CO of complex computer based systems. Such approaches are applied to the gas turbine control system of ICARO co of the centre of ENEA CR Casaccia. The plant is based on a small gas turbine and has been specifically designed

Bulk Power System Dynamics and Control VI, August 22-27, 2004, Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy introduces a novel approach to security cost analysis in competitive electricity markets. Modern power investments are competing forces in modern power system operations. As numerous jurisdictions move toward

Bulk Power System Dynamics and Control - VI, August 22-27, 2004, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Transmission Investment in Competitive Electricity Markets Javier Contreras George Gross E.T.S. de Ingenieros of the transmission network in competitive markets. To illustrate our framework, several case studies are presented

Recent Progress on IGNITOR High-Speed Pellet Injector For several years, researchers from ORNL and ENEA-Frascati in Italy have been working together on development of a new four-barrel high-speed pellet system for freezing the pellets from deuterium gas at temperatures of ~10 K and the diagnostics

Bulk Power System Dynamics and Control - VI, August 22-27, 2004, Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy-- Determining maximum loading margins is an im- portant issue in power system operation, as system operators Power systems are very complex nonlinear systems; hence, proper modeling of such systems is an issue

power generating stations, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission sponsored an effort to develop F4th European Conference on Severe Storms 10 - 14 September 2007 - Trieste - ITALY the basis for rating tornadoes in the early 1970s. As part of a study to safeguard the nation's nuclear

Environmental issues being tackled in recent years are increasing in scope and magnitude, making linkages with economic considerations pressing to understand. In the case of greenhouse gas emissions, for example, control efforts need to be designed to integrate the goals of both energy and environmental policy, rather than treat them as separable issues. The GEMINI models of the US and the U.K. have been developed specifically to allow integrated environmental-energy system analyses over time horizon of up to 50 years. Insights using the GEMINI-U.K. model to assess carbon emissions goals show that a range of energy policies are needed to aid in achieving environmental goals without disruptive forms over economic impact. Specifically: (1) Gradual implementation of carbon or energy taxes is not compatible with steadily increasing emissions reductions. (2) Serious consideration should be given to the merits of advancing the availability of biogas on a commercial scale, particularly in face of the current ``dash to gas`` within the U.K. energy system. (3) Policies to effectuate transportation mode shifts are important in addition to promoting more efficient or less carbon-intensive transportation technologies. (4) Allowing new nuclear generation is one of the cost-effective components of an environmentally sound energy policy in the period through 2020.

of `acid rain' were first documented in the Pennines, Northern England, following the onsetChemical trends at lakes ans streams in the UK Acid Waters Monitoring Network, 1988Â­2000 351 in the UK Acid Waters Monitoring Network, 1988-2000: Evidence for recent recovery at a national scale C